Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords certificate_of_authenticity The Kiangyin Barrier was an

The Kiangyin Barrier was an obstruction of sunken ships placed across the Yangtze just below the Kiangyin Forts by the Chinese in early August 1937

Dicks returned to Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa before being transferred to Eastern Air Command in Halifax

HMS Hyperion (sunk in the Mediterranean by mine contact)

Italian War Medal Cross

The scabbard measures 280 mm in length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords certificate_of_authenticity The Kiangyin Barrier was an(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, overlaying a pair of crossed swords which piercing the centrepiece, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 34 mm (w) x 56. 42